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Dyslexia

Dyslexia. By Harry Brennan. What is Dyslexia?. Dyslexia is a learning difficulty. This means it makes it harder to spell, read & write. Dyslexia can be severe or mild. Explanation…….

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Dyslexia

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  1. Dyslexia By Harry Brennan

  2. What is Dyslexia? • Dyslexia is a learning difficulty. • This means it makes it harder to spell, read & write. • Dyslexia can be severe or mild

  3. Explanation…….. • It’s not that you can’t understand things……it’s just that you can’t make out words when they are written down!

  4. Welcome to the world of Dyslexia……………..

  5. How Dyslexia can affect you? • Dyslexia canaffect these parts of your life………but it doesn’t need to!

  6. What does the word Dyslexia mean? • The word Dyslexia originates from the 2 Greek words • “dys” meaning difficult • “lexia” meaning language. • Lots of people have studied dyslexia but the word Dyslexia was first used in 1887 by Rudolf Berlin in Germany • It was used to describe when smart people find it difficult to read

  7. Who gets dyslexia? • Only humans can have dyslexia because only humans can read!

  8. How do you get dyslexia? • Dyslexia is not contagious you are born with it. • It is genetic, you get it from your genes • Genes decide everything about you like your hair & eye colour • It’s not just 1 single gene, there are several involved

  9. You should be told if you have dyslexia! • I think it is important for a child with dyslexia to know that they have been diagnosed with dyslexia. • It can be stressful not being able to read & not knowing why. • It can make you angry if you have to read out loud in class. You hear everybody else reading perfectly & when it’s your turn you trip over the words 

  10. How is a dyslexic persons mind different? • The minds are similar but they are still different. • The dyslexic persons mind is a little less organised but probably more creative

  11. The dyslexic brain • The brain of a person with dyslexia is a small bit different to the brain of a person without dyslexia

  12. How to find out if you have dyslexia? • You can test for signs of dyslexia from ages 4 or 5 • The only way you can find out for sure if you have dyslexia is from a psychologist. • You have to do different tests like…… • Matching things • Memory questions • Making images • Lots of reading • Some spellings

  13. Getting Diagnosed • You can get properly diagnosed with dyslexia after the age of 7 because that’s when you should be learning to read • Some people only find out that they have dyslexia when they get older. Shane Lynch from Boyzone was only diagnosed with dyslexia in his thirties

  14. How would you know if you might have dyslexia? Different people are affected by Dyslexia in different ways Some of the symptoms can be ……. • The words on the page get bigger & smaller • You make a lot of spelling mistakes • You say the words backwards • When you are writing you only use easy words • The tricky words like ‘their’ & ‘there’ confuse you

  15. How common is Dyslexia? • Dyslexia is very common. • There are usually several children in each class who have dyslexia • About 10% of people have some sort of dyslexia • Dyslexia is oddly more common in boys than in girls

  16. Should you be embarrassed? Dyslexia can be annoying & it does make life harder but so do other things If you have Dyslexia it is not the end of the world & there is no reason to hide it

  17. Dyslexia never goes away, you have it for life • It just means you have to work a little bit harder & learn some tricks to help you along the way (especially phonics rules)

  18. You can have dyslexia but it doesn’t have to have you…… if you fight back……. D Y S L E X I A

  19. Strengths & weaknesses • We all have different strengths & weaknesses • A person with dyslexia might find reading & writing hard, but there are still lots of things that they can do really well such as…. • Sport • Music • Art • Physical work • Be good with animals

  20. Advantages of having dyslexia It is likely that…….. • You are better at inventing • You have a better imagination • You see things differently • You are more ambitious- have get up & go • You can think in pictures instead of words • You are more mathematical than other people

  21. Helping yourself There are lots of practical things that a person with dyslexia can do to help themselves………… • Use a rulerto help keep track of where you are on the page when reading • Use highlighters to show important information • Use coloured overlays (Blue & green are best for most people) • Photocopy onto whatever coloured paper you feel works best for you. • Use the font Comic Sans MS & use as big a font as you can

  22. Use joined writing as it oddly helps with your spelling Use a computer programme which will read the writing for you like Read-Write-Gold Learn how to type because the computer tells you when you have made a spelling mistake Maybe use fish oils & try not to eat sugary foods with colourings & fizzy drinks to help you concentrate Try to keep your things organised Pick books you are interested in reading to help keep your concentration Make sure to ASK FOR HELP if you ever need it

  23. Famous people with dyslexia Sports stars

  24. Movie Stars

  25. Musicians Artists

  26. Dyslexic authors

  27. Dyslexic Business People Bill Gates

  28. Sir Richard Branson said“ If I hadn’t been dyslexic, I would never have done it” • He had to try harder in school so that when he was older he could cope with difficult situations in life

  29. Inventors World Leaders Chefs

  30. Albert Einstein • Einstein was one of the smartest people in the world even though he had dyslexia. • He was born in 1879 in Germany • The first time his grandmother saw him she is supposed to have cried & said ‘Much too thick’  • From a young age he like to do maths & science. • He left school at 15 & moved to Milan with his family. He did another year of school there & then studied in Switzerland to become a maths & physics teacher. • He came up with lots of important formulas & theories the most famous being E=mc2

  31. Dyslexia Detector app This ipod & iphone app asks you questions about when you are reading & writing At the end of the questions it then says if your dyslexia is bad, medium or mild or if you don’t have it at all (We don’t know if this actually works?)

  32. Where to find help….. • Here are some helpful websites • www.dyslexia.ie • www.elsp.ie • www.nbss.ie (National Behaviour Support Services)

  33. And some helpful books…. • “All Children Learn Differently: A Parent’s Guide to Dyslexia” By DAI • “Dyslexia An Irish Perspective (2nd Edition)” By Mary Ball, Anne Hughes & Wyn Mc Cormack • “Lost for Words-Dyslexia At Second Level & Beyond” By Wyn Mc Cormack

  34. “Living With Dyslexia:Information For Adults With Dyslexia”Anne Hughes, Mary Ball, Rosie Bissett & Wyn McCormack • “Tom’s Special Talent” By Kate Gaynor • “It’s called Dyslexia” By Jennifer Moore Mallinos • “Jenny Can’t Read” • “The Advantage Of Dyslexia”

  35. Dyslexia never goes away but you can overcome it!

  36. Thanks for listening 

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